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Regulators question if Pickett Mountain is best location for proposed mine

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli on Dec 13, 2023 05:34 pm
Members of the Land Use Planning Commission questioned a Canadian mining company’s finances and its plan to excavate metallic minerals in the middle of the state’s waters and wildlife habitat.
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Oceanside senior scores 51 points in blowout home basketball opener

By Sam Canfield on Dec 13, 2023 05:17 pm
“I just got super hot,” Carter Galley said. “Catch-and-shoot threes, pull-up jumpers — everything was falling.”
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Here are the dozen Maine towns with PFAS in 20 percent of drinking water wells 

By Ethan Andrews on Dec 13, 2023 04:56 pm
Elevated levels are not limited to one area of the state. Towns in central Maine, the midcoast and Down East had contaminated wells.
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Kamala Harris hosts Maine lawmakers at White House gun violence summit

By The Associated Press on Dec 13, 2023 04:18 pm
The gathering attracted lawmakers from 39 states, including eight Democrats from Maine, where a gunman killed 18 people and injured another 13 at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston on Oct. 25.
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Millinocket man pleads guilty after shooting house with stolen gun

By Ethan Andrews on Dec 13, 2023 04:03 pm
A warden found bullets lodged in the walls, and the homeowners said they heard gunshots from across the pond and saw two people wearing hunter’s orange.
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Maine police searching for 2 people accused of stealing more than $10K  

By Marie Weidmayer on Dec 13, 2023 03:27 pm
The two suspects would ask for large bills to be broken into smaller denominations then use sleight-of-hand to pass the cash.
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Bank robber arrested in Portland

By Ethan Andrews on Dec 13, 2023 03:15 pm
The man fled and was later seen entering an apartment complex where police ultimately apprehended him.
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Maine man who ripped off Home Depot and Lowe’s sentenced to prison 

By CBS 13 on Dec 13, 2023 02:58 pm
Aaron David Hoster took off UPC labels from low-cost items and put them on higher priced items before going through a self-checkout.
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Madawaska scrambling to fill public works jobs after 3 employees quit

By Christopher Bouchard on Dec 13, 2023 12:21 pm
Three full-time employees, including Madawaska Public Works Director Kevin Dube, resigned in late November.
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Human error caused Vinalhaven ferry grounding, investigations find

By Paul Koenig on Dec 13, 2023 11:30 am
Investigations made by both the Maine Department of Transportation and the U.S. Coast Guard determined that to be the cause of the grounding.
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